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Chapter XXXVII
THE ANGEL OF THE DEVIL. There came a great burst of thunder. It was the last of the storm. It bellowed and shuddered, went, and came rolling up again. It died away at last in the great distance, with a low continuous rumbling as if it would never cease.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It bellowed and shuddered, went, and came rolling up again.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “There came a great burst of thunder.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It was the last of the storm.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It died away at last in the great distance, with a low continuous rumbling as if it would never cease.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “There came a great burst of thunder.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It bellowed and shuddered, went, and came rolling up again.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “It died away at last in the great distance, with a low continuous rumbling as if it would never cease.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading There came a great burst of thunder.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It bellowed and shuddered, went, and came rolling up again.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It bellowed and shuddered, went, and came rolling up again.
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From this reading THE ANGEL OF THE DEVIL.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It died away at last in the great distance, with a low continuous rumbling as if it would never cease.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It died away at last in the great distance, with a low continuous rumbling as if it would never cease.
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From this reading It died away at last in the great distance, with a low continuous rumbling as if it would never cease.
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From this reading It bellowed and shuddered, went, and came rolling up again.
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From this reading There came a great burst of thunder.
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From this reading There came a great burst of thunder.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It died away at last in the great distance, with a low continuous rumbling as if it would never cease.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It died away at last in the great distance, with a low continuous rumbling as if it would never cease.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE ANGEL OF THE DEVIL.
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From this reading It died away at last in the great distance, with a low continuous rumbling as if it would never cease.
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From this reading It died away at last in the great distance, with a low continuous rumbling as if it would never cease.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There came a great burst of thunder.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading It died away at last in the great distance, with a low continuous rumbling as if it would never cease.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It died away at last in the great distance, with a low continuous rumbling as if it would never cease.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was the last of the storm.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was the last of the storm.
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From this reading It died away at last in the great distance, with a low continuous rumbling as if it would never cease.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It died away at last in the great distance, with a low continuous rumbling as if it would never cease.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE ANGEL OF THE DEVIL.
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From this reading It bellowed and shuddered, went, and came rolling up again.
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From this reading It died away at last in the great distance, with a low continuous rumbling as if it would never cease.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It bellowed and shuddered, went, and came rolling up again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was the last of the storm.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE ANGEL OF THE DEVIL.
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From this reading There came a great burst of thunder.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading There came a great burst of thunder.
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From this reading It bellowed and shuddered, went, and came rolling up again.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was the last of the storm.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It bellowed and shuddered, went, and came rolling up again.
in the company of; together with
From this reading It died away at last in the great distance, with a low continuous rumbling as if it would never cease.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading It died away at last in the great distance, with a low continuous rumbling as if it would never cease.
